T20 World Cup 2024" Rinku Singh was Heartbroken": Father reveals how his son reacted after India squad snub

The talented and explosive batter Rinku Singh didn’t find a place in India’s preliminary 15-member squad for the upcoming ICC T20 World Cup 2024, which will be held in the USA and West Indies.

Despite his stellar performance for the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in the ongoing IPL 2024 and consistent performances with the bat since his T20I debut for India, Rinku was not named in the preliminary 15-member squad for the upcoming T20 World Cup 2024.

Rinku’s exclusion from India's T20 World Cup 2024 squad surprised many fans and cricket experts. Ever since the BCCI made the announcement, former cricketers and fans have been expressing their anger on social media platforms, criticizing the national selectors for the unfair call.

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Rinku Singh has impressive stats with India in T20Is

However, the left-handed batter was named among the reserves alongside Shubman Gill, Avesh Khan, and Khaleel Ahmed for the upcoming T20 World Cup 2024. Notably, the 26-year-old has so far represented India in 15 T20Is and amassed 356 runs, with the highest score of 69 at a strike rate of 176.24 and an average of 89.0.

He has 123 runs to his name at a strike rate of 150 in this IPL season. Meanwhile, Rinku's father, Khanchandra Singh, expressed his disappointment over his son's omission from the T20 World Cup 2024 squad.

He also revealed that they had purchased firecrackers and sweets, hoping that Rinku would get a place in India’s preliminary squad for the mega ICC event.

We had got sweets and firecrackers: Rinku Singh's father

Rinku's father Khanchandra Singh was quoted as saying by Bharat 24: “There were a lot of hopes, but there were disappointments as well. We had got sweets and firecrackers with the hope that he would feature in the playing XI. Still, we are very happy.”

Rinku's father further revealed that the KKR star was left just heartbroken after not finding his name in the squad. He broke this news to his mother and told them he would travel with the Indian team.

He added, “Yes, he was upset. Uska Dil Tuta Hain. He called his mother and broke the news, he was heartbroken. However, it is not like his heart has been broken. He was telling to his mother that he would be going with the team, but has not featured in the 15-member squad.”

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Notably, Indian selectors picked Shivam Dube, Chennai Super Kings (CSK) all-rounder, ahead of Rinku for the upcoming T20 World Cup 2024. However, fans felt Rinku would have been a great choice for the Men in Blue given his ability to go after the bowlers from the start, but the Indian selectors went after Dube’s bowling expertise.

Rinku lost the race to Dube’s all-round abilities. He will be next seen in action in the 51st game of the ongoing IPL 2024 between KKR and Mumbai Indians (MI) at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on May 3. KKR is currently ranked second in the IPL 2024 points table with 12 points from 9 games in the tournament so far.

Here’s India’s squad for the ICC T20 World Cup 2024:

Rohit Sharma (c), Yashashvi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav. Rishabh Pant (WK), Sanju Samson (wk), Hardik Pandya (vc), Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal. Arshdeep Singh, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj. Reserves: Shubman Gill, Rimku Singh, Khaleel Ahmed, Avesh Khan